Research and resources

Explore case studies, impact evaluations, reports, and other technical documents about our programs. Learn about our research partnerships, and please contact us if you have any questions.

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April 23, 2015
Is Market Systems Development Inherently a Resilience Approach?
Watch USAID's Microlinks video with Mercy Corps' Sasha Muench, Director of Economic and Market Development, and Eliot Levine, Senior Technical Advisor for Environment, Energy and Climate, discussing the relationship between market systems and resilience.
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January 28, 2015
Illuminating Market Systems Development in Fragile Environments
A case study of the alternative energy market in Timor-Leste
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January 23, 2015
What Motivates Women to Buy?
Mercy Corps undertook an applied research project from March-January 2014 to identify scalable sales, marketing and financing strategies for increasing improved cookstove purchases among female consumers within the East Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda.
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November 10, 2014
Economic Impact of the Ebola Crisis on Select Liberian Markets
To better understand the impacts of the Ebola crisis on households and markets in Liberia, Mercy Corps conducted an assessment in several counties.
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October 13, 2014
The World of Work
Employment, entrepreneurship and job creation principles and strategies
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May 27, 2014
Socio-Economic Analysis of Kayah State in Myanmar
In March - June 2013, a consortium involving Mercy Corps and four other INGO and NGO partners conducted a socio-economic analysis of Kayah State in Myanmar with funding from the European Union. The purpose of the comprehensive analysis was to provide insights into the range of issues that communities face in Kayah, including issues in health, education, livelihoods, access to finance, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), infrastructure (electricity and roads), environment and natural resources, and land.
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